“Mist in the morning is Earth’s morning breath…”

― Nanette L. Avery

Go-Ahead London BYD/ADL Enviro200EV SEe190 (LG23 FKS) at Balham, operating a 219 service to Wimbledon.

Tooting Bec Station (Northern Line)

EA9 LG71DKD seen departing Streatham Hill, Telford Avenue (Brixton Bus Garage) as it debuts on route 319 heading towards Sloane Square

Arriva London's Enviro City EVs had debuted earlier this month on the 319. Dubbed as the EA Class, they'll eventually replace the hybrids that are currently on the route. They are the first 71 plated vehicles to enter service in London.

Flats, Trinity Crescent, Flowersmead, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, 1996, 96-6e-51

EA1 LG71DJK seen at Tooting Bec Common working on route 319 towards Streatham Hill, Telford Avenue (Brixton Bus Garage)

The batch of 319's E400 EVs have all now entered service, with the last one having made debut on the 6 November.

All are still in rather new condition, so given the opportunity to snap one of them just before adverts invade although already there has been, just only the nearside.

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1998 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L Limited auto.

Supplied by Clive Sutton of Tooting Bec, London (Chrysler/Jeep).

On my latest day trip to London I took a few Underground shots. I headed for the outer edges of the Network where it was less busy and ended up at Tooting Bec towards the southern end of the Northern Line.

I think that permits are required for professional photography but casual photographs are allowed but no tripods and no flash.

The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10mm. Taken handheld at 640 ISO and at 1/5 of a second. I got a low angled shot for more drama. Taken in RAW. The image was opened in Camera Raw and 2 additional images were created at =2EV and -2Ev for a “false HDR” with each image having Noiseware Pro applied. A Photoshop action I had saved was used to create the extra images automatically.

Photoshop

General adjustments in levels and curves to enhance with layer masks to exclude the highlight areas

Vibrance layer was increased by 62 points.

Hue Saturation adjustment layer yellows and reds decreased to more natural look.

Topaz Adjust used to bring out more detail and a gritty look with a layer mask to exclude some parts of the train and roof.

Noiseware Pro

Unsharp Mask a little sharpening.

Duplicate layer with mask to apply extra sharpening (clarity effect) with layer mask to exclude highlight areas.

Healing brush with Content Aware CS5 used to remove some small flare areas.

Resources

For Licensing and more pictures see Edwin Jones Photography

Tooting Bec station, London SW17

The Wheatsheaf, Tooting Bec

Tooting Bec 0 - 3 Jersey Bulls

FA Vase First Qualifying Round

Sunday 12th September 2021

Imperial Fields

pay conductor

And almost all the windows have lace curtains! Viewed from my lodgings at number 14. A tidy street of well maintained housing. Some houses had been re-roofed following damage during WW2 air raids. This photo was taken mid March 1963, just after the last snow had melted, ending the 'Big Freeze of '63'.

Film: Kodak Tri X

Camera: Wirgin Edix-Mat Flex S,

Lens: Steinheil Cassar S 1:2.8 f 50mm

Scanner: Epson V800/Epson Scan Software.

Tim Henman at Tooting Bec Lido on Day 66 of the Olympic Torch Relay.

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Upper Tooting Road

Cycle from home to Wandsworth, then walk from Wandsworth to Tooting Bec and explore for mural en route. Walk back. 11miles walking plus 3-4 on a bike. Good Covid exercise loop.

Taken from Tooting Bec Road, SW16

Another beautiful underground station by Architect Charles Holden. Note the earlier roundels.

Named after the largely-forgotten, avant-garde jazz trumpeter, "Tooting" Bec who grew up in this neighbourhood.

Many Thanks To Glen Fairweather Once Again For The Classic On The Left www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/45683839584/ The Building Behind The RT Bus Was Designed By Runtz & Ford And Completed In 1909 And Is Grade 2 Listed..161 On The Right Was Completed In 1907 By Belcher And Joass And Is Also Grade 2 Listed...The Classic RT Route 19 Ran For Two More Years Before Transferring Over To A Routemaster Which Went In 2005 Sadly...Note The Fella In 1970 Riding Without A Helmet It Became Law To Wear One In 1973 But These Days In London You Can Still See Youngsters Without...What Happened To That Clock?...

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Entrance, Tooting Bec station, Northern Line. 11th May 2019.

All vanishes! The Sun, from topmost heaven precipitated,

Like a globe of iron which is tossed back fiery red

Into the furnace stirred to fume,

Shocking the cloudy surges, plashed from its impetuous ire,

Even to the zenith spattereth in a flecking scud of fire

The vaporous and inflamèd spaume.

Tooting Bec, Northern Line, Underground, Station, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, 1990, 90c8-10-51

At Upper Tooting Park on a special service to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the opening of Stockwell bus garage.

Sony A7II + Contax C/Y Vario-Sonnar 35-70mm f/3.4 MM

Roundel, signs and Poole Pottery tiles. Swiss Cottage station, Jubilee Line. 3rd November 2015.

Architect: Charles Holden, 1926, in the Modern style using Portland stone cladding. Grade II listed. London Borough of Wandsworth.

(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)

Exterior of Tooting Bec station, Northern Line. 11th May 2019.

Smoking shisha in Tooting, London

Week 30 - O is for Olympics

Tim Henman's and Jeffrey Gordon's torches "kiss" at Tooting Bec Lido on Day 66 of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Trinity Rd, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, 1990, 90c8-10-64

London, Zone 3

Mamiya C220